5/22/2023 0 Comments Rumpelstiltskin paul zelinsky![]() ![]() ![]() I can bring immediate relief from your troubles. Is his demand that the miller’s daughter spin straw into gold, or die, any worse than Rumpelstiltskin’s insistence that she keep her promise to give him her first-born child? And once the miller’s daughter (who is never given a name) manages (with the help of Rumpelstiltskin) this feat, the king marries her – again, the miller’s daughter clearly has no choice about this either. Paul Zelinsky, artist Abortion, like Rumpelstiltskin, shows up not as a strong knight-on-a-horse savior, but as a manikin whispering in the ear of the vulnerable woman: I can rescue you from this mess. For example, the absolute power of the king. It raises many ethical, as well as social and political issues. ![]() The story can be read, of course, as a morality tale about the greed of Rumpelstiltskin and his willingness to take advantage of the desperation of the miller’s daughter, who must spin straw into gold or the king will have her killed.īut the story is more complex than that. So many questions, especially about ethics, are raised by these stories! I just read a version of the Brothers Grimm story Rumpelstiltskin, as retold and illustrated by Paul Zelinsky. I’ve been re-reading fairy tales and exploring their philosophical potential. ![]()
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